Center Matt Howard was held out of Sunday’s practice and could miss tonight’s NCAA championship game with a concussion.

Team trainer Ryan Galloy said Howard took two blows in Saturday’s 52-50 victory over Michigan State, first banging his head on the floor after a violent collision with two other players and then taking an elbow to the head after he returned to the game. After the second shot, he again left the floor and did not come back.

Galloy described the injury as the “mildest of mild concussions.”

Howard, who was not available for comment Sunday, is scheduled to be re-evaluated this morning.

Coach Brad Stevens said Howard’s status would be a game-time decision.

Butler sophomore Gordon Hayward is projected as a first-round pick in some NBA mock draft lists, but he said he won’t address his future with his coach and father until after Monday. “Right now, it’s all about Butler basketball,” the versatile 6-foot-9 swingman said. Butler never has had a player leave early for the NBA, let alone get drafted.

West Virginia: The school says senior forward Da’Sean Butler has torn the ACL in his left knee after a hard collision against Duke in the Final Four. Sports information director Bryan Messerly says an MRI done Sunday at an Indianapolis hospital also revealed a sprain of the medial collateral ligament and two bone bruises. The senior finishes his career as the third-leading scorer in WVU history with 2,095 points.

Women’s Final Four

Olajuwon: NBA Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon watched his daughter, senior Abi Olajuwon, play from the stands for the first time in her college career in Oklahoma’s 73-66 loss to Stanford in the national semifinals. “You feel goose bumps,” Hakeem Olajuwon said. “You want her to do so well, and win so bad.” Hakeem Olajuwon has lived in Jordan for the past several years, splitting his time between there and Houston. Olajuwon said he’s usually in the United States for the summer, when the Sooners aren’t playing.